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Makam Hhaneffi, 
Makam Maleki, 
I Makam Hanbeli. 
The Makam Hhaneffi, situated opposite the stones 
of Ismael, is used for the rite of the Turks. It con- 
sists of a species of isolated gallery, supported by- 
twelve pillars, having three arches in the front, and 
two at the sides. Its form is that of a parallelogram, 
the long sides of which are twenty-nine feet three 
inches, and the short ones fifteen feet and a half. The 
height of the pilasters does not much exceed that of a 
man. 
There is a second gallery above, of the same dimen- 
sions, to which they ascend by a staircase placed at 
the western angle. 
The Makam Maleki, situated in front of the side 
opposite the door of the Kaaba, is near eleven feet 
square, with four pilasters that support the roof, which 
are about six feet high. 
The Makam Hanbeli is exactly like the Makam 
Maleki, and fronts the black stone. 
The roofs of these buildings, the Zemzem, and the 
Makam Ibrahim, are covered with lead, with large pro- 
jections to produce shade, on which account also the 
pillars are so low. 
These places of prayer have a parapet about three 
feet and a half high, between them and the Kaaba, 
with a niche in the middle, destined for the Imam; but 
as all has been changed since the reform of the Weh- 
habites, the Imams of Hhaneffi and Hanbeli say their 
prayers at the foot of the Kaaba, facing the door; the 
Imam of Schaffi at the Makam Ibrahim; and the Imam 
of Maleki at his proper place. 
The morning prayer is conducted by the Imam of 
